Hair retaining attachment for power razors



NOV. 2'1, 1939. 1 1 1', [-1066 1- 2,180,738

' HAIR RETAINING ATTACHMENT FOR POWER RAZORS Filed Oct. 6, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 YINVENTORS ROBERT 1 H066 BY HA2 5 V. Hose g MW Nov. 21, 1939. I @GG L 2.1805738 HAIR RETAINING ATTACHMENT FOR POWER RAZORS Filed Oct. 6, 1937 2 sp ets-sn'eet 2 INVENYTORS ROBERT T..,Hoee BY HAZ'EL V. H066 Patented Now 2 1, 1939 i I a t v I Q UNITED STATES PATENT oE-FICE' HAIR. RETAINING A'1'.I'.AOHMEN'1 FOB POWER RAZOBS Robert T. Hogg and Hazel V. Hogg, Portland, grog assignora to Oloyd E. Burns, Stamford,

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Application October 8, 1937, Serial No. 167,650 4 Claims. (CI. 30-90) Our present invention relates to an attachment Parent r IOIIOWIBB description ak n in for safety razors which areadapted to be acnect w e 1 81 7 1111 8 tuated by electricmotors or other power sources, wherein and more particularly to a hair retaining at Figure 1 s S View. Of a 11811 fleeting and tachment for power razors. 1 retaining means made after the teachings of 6 The electrically operated razor now in general our present invention. use has made water, shaving so p, and the like Figure 2 is an end view of the same. unnecessary; as a result shaving is not confined Figure 3 is'a typical cross-sectional view of th to the bathroom but may be accomplished wheresame.

ever an electric outlet isprovided.- This is a ure 4 18 a lon itud na Sectional View taken 10 matter of great convenience to the user of the alon h l igure razor; on the other hand, however, it provides Figure 5 is an enla ged e 01 e pp quite a general complaint from housewives, and porti n 0! a r r ing certain p s of its others, due to the fact that the short hairs clipped actuating mechanism and Sh wing Our collectin by the razor are scattered about and are a source means in p 15 of great annoyance which tends to detract from Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the convenience of the razor; the line 6-5 of Figure 5. With our present attachment means is pro- Figure illus B l t l y m vided that may be secured to thevarious types fled from the form shown in Figures 1 to 6,

' of electric razors of the clipper type without the inclusive.

20 necessity of any provision for attaching the Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the type same being made by the factory, itself therefore of cutter to which this modified form of collector the attachment is useable on the millions of is adapted. razors of this type now in use. Figure 9 is a typical cross-sectional view The principal object of our present invention through theclipper of Figure 8 showing our col- 25 is, therefore, to provide means for confining the lector in its operative position. i I clipped hair in the inner channel or passage- Figure 10 isafragmentary, sectional view taken way of a power razor, where the hair naturally is along the line Ill-l0 of Figure 9 showing only v deposited when clipped from the face. one end of the clipper bar with our device in Another important object is the provision of an operating position thereon.

30 attachment for the retaining of the clipped hair Figure 11 is an en V ew Of Our dev e in Plac within the razor which attachment may be Beon the clipper of Flgure8, the same being shown cured to. the razor even after the razor has been in fragmentary form only. 1 in use for some time. Figure '12 is a perspective view ofanother form" A further object of our present invention is to of clipper razor to which our device is adaptable. 35 provide increased storage capacity so that even Figu e 13 illustrates. in Perspective; another though the razor is used on relatively long hair form of our collector as adapted to the clipper adequate space will be provided for the storage of'Figure 12. of all the hair that would normally be clipped at Figure 14 is anend view of the clipper of a single shaving. Figure 12, shown in fragmentary elevation only, 40

A still further object of our present invention with our collector in operative position thereon. is to'provide retaining means that can be so ap- Referring :to the drawings, throughout which plied to the conventional electric razor that it like reference characters indicate like parts, ii will not in any way interfere with the convenient generally designates our hair retaining and coluse of the razor. lecting means. This consists essentially of side 45 A still further object of our present invention -members as I! and it which are so formed as to is to provide a hair collector which may be readily closely fit the cutter, or clipper head with which removed from the razor at the'completion of the it is to be used. In the form shown in Figures shaving operation so that both the collector and 1 to 6, inclusive. they ShOllld be p 80 8 0 the clipper may be easily cleaned of hair accumuconverge after the showing of Figures 3 and 6.

lation and will permit the depositing of the ac- To lit the clipper head of the style shown inFigcumulated hairs wherever desired without danger ure 8 straight sides are most desirable with the of their being scattered about in the vicinity of outer ends turned in slightly as at It and 2] so the shaving operation. as to closely flt the cutter head. For use with Other and more. specific objects will be apthe form shown in Figure Hsti'aight sides are 2 again indicated. In each instance the sides should'be beveled as at 22 and 23 so that snug engagement with the clipper head may be effected without the same interfering with the normalfunctioning of the razor. To accomplish this the extreme tips of beveled portion 22 and 23 should not extend quite out to the slots formed in the outer clipper members as 25, 26, or 21.

The two sides as I! and I8 in whichever form shown are held in spaced relationship by the end portions 28 and 29. These should, in order to accommodate a maximum beard cutting, be bowed outwardly after the showing of Figures 1, 4, 5, '7, 10, and 13, so as to provide additional stor-- age chambers-at 30 and 3| so that in case the internal chamber 32 of the razor should become filled with hair the surplus can overflow into chambers 30 and 3| and thus prevent packing of the same within the chamber as might occur if v the ends of the same were merely closed. Normally, hair will be carried out into the end portions due to the reciprocating action of the internal cuttermember 34 which is mechanically operated by the electric motive power of the razor.

To further assure a complete closure of the ends, of chamber 32 and to provide adequate bearing surface so that wear will not cause the attachment to fit loosely, we prefer to form the outer engaging surface as outstanding lug portions 36 and 31. In the difierent forms shown these lugs will of necessity have to conform to the type of razor with which they are to be used.

. Thus, in the form shown in the Figures 1 to 6, the

lugs will be rectangular; for use with the form shown in Figure 8, the lugs will be segments of a circle and to properly house in chamber 32 of the razor shown in Figure 12, these lugs will be triangular in shape. By so constructing the same, however, a relatively large bearing surface is provided which can be pressed firmly onto the razor and provide a reasonably secure frictional anchorage for our attachment.

It has been found desirable at times to provide a partition or baflie as 40, or 4|, in chambers 30 and 3|, respectively, thus'hair that is shunted past these baflles becomes trapped in the smaller chambers 42 and 43, respectively, one side of which is closed by the clipper head itself, but when the device is .taken off the razor these auxiliary. chambers are opened so that the hair,

can easily be shaken out of the whole chamber and the same thoroughly cleansed.

It is believed it will be understood that to employ our device it is merely placed over the clipper the razor should be taken. to a convenient point of disposal and the collector removed from the razor at which time both'the razor and the collector can be thoroughly cleaned from any hair that may be adhering thereto or stored therein.

The foregoing description and the accompanying drawings are believed to clearly disclose a preferred embodiment of our invention but it will be understood that this disclosure is merely illustrative and that such changes in the invention may be made as are fairly within the scope and spirit of the following claims.

We claim:

1. An open-center hair-receptacle for frictional attachment to a cutter-head of a razor, comprising spaced parallel side-walls, said side-walls terminating in end-walls forming closed storage chambers, and a separate baflie-plate in each chamber forming a rear trap in the chamber.

2. An open-center hair-receptacle for frictional attachment to the cutter-head of a razor, comprising spaced side walls, said side walls terminating in outwardly-bowed end-walls forming closed storage chambers, a baflle plate in each chamber forming a rear trap in said chamber, an inner edge of each said plate adapted to rest against said cutter-head, and an outer edge prising spaced parallel side-walls each having a 4 front beveled edge, said side walls terminating in closed end walls forming closed storage chambers, a separate baflie plate in each chamber forming a rear trap in the chamber, each said plate having an inneredge adapted-to frictionally engage the cutter head, and each said plate also having an outer edge spaced inwardly from the end wall. I

ROBERT T. HOGG.

HAZEL V. HOGG. 

